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#LegendaryWednesday - The “little people” hid in flowers. A legend of the North is that bad fairies gave blossoms to the foxglove , that he might put them on his toes to soften his tread when he prowled among the roosts.

#FairyTaleTuesday - This little fellow, known as Clurichaun is a cousin and an 'evil image’ of a Leprechaun. They say he inhabited Ireland long before the arrival of the Celts. He lives a solitary and adventurous life & is almost always drunk and hostile. https://t.co/lQ9CMozvgr

Demeter and Persephone are surrounded by daffodils - "Demeter rejoiced, for her daughter was by her side."
- (Walter Crane (1845–1915)
🖌️🎨🖼️❤️
#Greek #Mythology

#FolkloreThursday - In Irish and Scottish tales, Manannán mac Lir is a god of sea, ocean, weather, and healing. He's a merchant mariner or a brave sailor with celestial navigational skills - never disoriented or lost at sea.
https://t.co/ECSYOexCRl

#LegendaryWednesday - Askeladden ( 'Ash Lad') is a charming trickster & the youngest of all brothers & the least resourceful figure. This little boy can handle most difficult situations and surprisingly wins when everyone else fails.
https://t.co/zn6Rf18LEN

#LegendaryWednesday - Floating time on magical Tir na nÓg Island is found in legends of Celtic people. The time flows slower there than in the land of mortals.
"One year on earth equals one minute in Tir na nÓg". It's a prominent quality of this realm...
https://t.co/w6WlJ1zejR

#FairyTaleTuesday - A man could be exceptionally horrible creature - a werewolf. People believed in transformation into an animal & this shape-shifting phenomenon is known in legends of the world. Legendary warriors had the ability to turn into wolves...
https://t.co/AQB4kq3oZP

#RomanSiteSaturday - The Arch of Janus (Forum Boarium) - only surviving Rome' quadrifrons arch. Not dedicated to the Roman god Janus, but it was named after 'ianua' -door, name of the double-headed god of beginnings and transitions. Four sides once showed Pantheon's divinities.

#FairyTaleTuesday - The two brothers are in an endless "battle" of the year's seasonal cycles. During the Midsummer, the Oak King is mighty & the Holly King must accept his brother's dominance, He waits to regain power & dominance at the Autumn equinox.
https://t.co/bL9YWHsMvd

#FrescoFriday - The Saffron gatherer is part of a large fresco found in room 3a in the Akrotiri (Island of Santorini) settlement. Artisans used bonded marble & hand painting to create this beatiful piece of art. Now in the National Archaeological Museum (Athens).